The Chinese are a litttle busy right now...
The Chinese are a little busy right now as they are the manufacturing center of the world at the moment. Their economy is red hot, they are the place where raw materials from all over the world are going to fuel their explosive growth.
It's the place where all computers by ALL the major players are manufactured now.
It's the place where the majority of consumer electronics are manufactured now--from cell phones, to TV's to monitors, to dvd players, mp3 players, cameras, etc.
It's the place where Wal-mart the largest retailer on the planet has annointed as the perferred source for their goods.
So the Chinese are a little busy being the place where everything you buy comes from. Perhaps when they have some free time, they'll spend some of their recreation time on building a MMA culture.
You might ask the same thing about India for that matter. They too are busy taking over the knowledge work of the world for pennies on the dollar. The playing fields of work have been levelled but not in a way you might imagine.
Now perhaps the uneducated underclass might be interested in MMA. But in both cases I doubt it. In the case of China, the government certainly isn't interested in a populace being trained in combative arts. Not if your goal is to suppress and control them. Historically during the cultural revolution they killed off or "re-educated" martial arts teachers en masses in China.
You have to look at the big picture to see what has gone on in the long term and what is important in the short term to figure out priorities.
Martial Arts in China is viewed more as a "tourist" industry draw than anything.
You can see it in the "Shaolin Temple" and in the dumbing down of the tournaments in Chen Village for example.
So, again, right now the focus on scientific method is not on MMA, but on economic development and domination of strategic marketplaces. In many respects it is tragic that instead of forcing change as we did against the Soviet Union in a technological race--we've simply HANDED OVER and outsourced our technology in the name of reduced labor costs and profit.
Start taking a look at the back of everything you own and purchase to see where it is Manufactured at. Wonder why the cost of raw materials here like steel and cement are so high and WHERE they are being exported to.
Start wondering if your MMA training will allow you to compete with someone with a higher education than you who is quite happy with a $5,000/year salary in their country.
Pay attention to what matters, as opposed to who has what belt in the latest Pride or UFC. It's about as meaningfull as who "won" on any particular WWE show or Don King sponsored Boxing event.
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Originally Posted by Samson
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While the martial arts have a long history in both Japan and China, the rise of MMA has been something akin to the scientific method, where we can actually test the claims. Japanese styles (mainly Judo/Jiujitsu) have made an invaluable contribution to the sport, while the Chinese styles seem to have contributed nothing. The reality is that some of these Japanese martial arts really do work, while the Chinese martial arts seem to be almost pure mythology. If I'm wrong, one has to wonder why a country of over a billion people has not been able to bring forth a single MMA competitor of note. China can create an NBA star, but its rich and ancient history of martial arts can't produce a single MMA champion? A country with less than a tenth the people manages to produce so many great MMA competitors.
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I'm not talking about this forum.It still seems to be doing OK.The forum that has just about died (and rightfully so) is the "vingtsun.com.hk/forum".That forum used to be so active until the forum started publishing everyones IP address.Then the trolls flew away.It was funny to watch.This forum is 1000 times better than that one.